TRAINEE GUIDE - Recruit Training Command - The US Navy

TRAINEE GUIDE A-950-0001
A. Introduction
OUTLINE SHEET 5-03-1
MARLINESPIKE TOUR AND LINE HANDLING LABORATORY 2
This laboratory will provide you with more intense hands-on training for
mooring a ship to the pier and taking in mooring lines in preparations for
getting the ship underway. The tour of the USS MARLINESPIKE will help you
understand some of the shipboard conditions and familiarize you with the
equipment learned from the Basic Seamanship classes.
B. Enabling Objective(s):
1.1 Explain the purpose and characteristics of the following deck
seamanship equipment:
a. Pier i. Lifelines
b. Mooring lines j. Anchor windlass
c. Bollards k. Hawsepipe
d. Bitts l. Anchor chain
e. Chocks m. Anchor
f. Rat guards n. Brow
g. Cleats o. Accommodation ladder
h. Fenders
1.2 Identify the definitions of terms related to the structure of Navy
ships:
a. Hull k. Starboard
b. Keel l. Outboard
c. Weather deck m. Inboard
d. Fantail n. Waterline
e. Forecastle o. Freeboard
f. Bridge p. Draft
g. Bow q. Trim
h. Stern r. List
i. Centerline s. Quarterdeck
j. Port
2.1 Explain the personal actions taken if you see a person fall
overboard.
4.6 As a line handling team member, perform the procedures to:
a. Make a line ready for use by coiling, faking, and flemishing down.
b. Take in mooring line from a pier in preparation for getting the
ship underway.
c. Moor a ship to a pier.
Note: Enabling Objectives 22.12 (teamwork) and 23.28 (Navy Core Values) are
reviewed in this lesson.
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